Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes at a Tokyo hospital early Friday morning, the Imperial Household Agency said. She was 101.After Princess Yuriko's death, there are 16 members left in the imperial family, which has been dwindling under the 1947 Imperial House Law that requires female members to leave upon marriage to a commoner.The agency said the main funeral ceremony, the "Renso-no-gi" rite, will be held from 10 a.m. on Nov. 26 at the imperial family's Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward."…READ FULL ARTICLE
